| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +1 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 43 | 43 | 79 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales | 12.68 % | 11.03 % | 11.55 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 39.81 % | 32.33 % | 34.05 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 13 | 14 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £313 | £285 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £195 | £206 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £377 | £430 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £308 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £22.00 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.20 | £17.80 | £16.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.45 | £35.30 | £44.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £25.00 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 108 | 133 | 232 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales | 31.86 % | 34.10 % | 33.92 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 34 | 35 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £290 | £295 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £174 | £202 | £220 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £450 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 12 | 44 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.50 | £22.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.40 | £22.00 | £32.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £110.00 | £40.60 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
